November 28, 2013

November 25, 2013

Here's some fun holiday décor to get you into the spirit of the season, a tea light snow village!

I used this and this cut file from the Silhouette store to make the pieces of the village, each quite easy to put together, and oh so cute to look at! For a real glow, I added wax paper behind each of the windows and doors.

I used scrap pieces of white cardstock for the church and trees, and the cottage and barn were made with the pretty papers from Echo Park and October Afteroon.

To add a bit of sparkle and to look like snow, I used Shaved Ice by Stampendous on the rooftops and trees. Silver or gold glitter would look pretty too!

November 20, 2013

One of the fun things about memory keeping is exactly that, keeping the memories. I printed these photos just a few days after an afternoon at Disneyland, about 6 years ago. I put them and the firefighter sticker in a safe place and knew they would some day find their way to a scrapbook layout. Today was that day!

Sure, I've scrapped more recent photos in those 6 years, heck, a layout I made yesterday had photos from the weekend ;) but I love that I still had the sticker and was able to use it with the photos all these years later.

I obviously don't scrap in chronological order, some days I work with photos from my childhood, or like the layout from yesterday, photos taken the same week, but I'm still preserving and keeping the memories.

I used "Holiday Charm", the November kit from the Paper Bakery to make the layout. Yes, it's a Holiday/Christmas kit, but it worked perfectly for a non-holiday layout!! The right now, today and arrow chipboard pieces are from last months kit, but I always keep all my left over bits and pieces, so those were great to add as embellishments.

November 8, 2013

They are quick and easy to make, perfect for a friend or neighbor that drops by!

I've seen different versions of these on Pinterest, some quite detailed, but for mine I just used cardstock for the hat and holly leaves, a few rhinestones for the berries, and washi tape (on a piece of white cardstock) for his scarf.

As you can see, I turned the 8 small rectangles behind the photos into 4 long rectangles as the focal point for my layout, and cut 1 of them into a banner shape to pull that idea from the sketch. I used only 1 photo instead of 2, but you could even use 4 small photos just as easily! I also placed my title directly under the photo like in the sketch, using one of the chipboard pieces from the kit.

To add more color and dimension, I did a little fussy cutting of the pretty floral paper, and added it along with more of the chipboard pieces. Add in a few lines of journaling, and my layout was complete!

This Sketch Challenge is open for 2 weeks, why not give it a try? Just link up your project on the sidebar of the Paper Bakery blog. Winner will be chosen at random and you could win a prize from the Paper Bakery!!